Family history is a wonderful excuse to pick up the phone or share a meal with siblings, grandparents and other loved ones. Use this time to ask your relatives about names, dates and places they remember from your shared heritage. Ancestry.com

Anyone digging deep into their family history soon learns that myths abound, truths are handed down that are not truths, exaggerations harden into legends...

This is more than a family history site and has been set up to pool together the resources of the Birds, Childs, Goldsmiths and their extended families stretching back over six centuries. It also embraces the current generations for the benefit of our children and grandchildren. It has been recorded in an open format so that it is accessible to others researching their family history and other related topics. There are interesting sections relevant to our family on both World Wars, Vegetarianism and Health, Music , Poetry and Education and the Environment. We are now in contact with extended family from all over the world taking an interest in our research.

" EVERYONE HAS A RIGHT TO THEIR OWN HISTORY "

Many older members of the family were very talented in music, theatre, arts and crafts, and these attributes continue today in the younger generations. Please send in details of past and present musical achievements, film and media links and samples of your art work and poetry.

" HISTORY DEVELOPES - ART STANDS STILL"

Tell us about your interesting links to both family and friends which would be of interest to us all so we can add them to the site. If you have visited for the first time and enjoyed certain pages or sections and have anything to share with us please get in touch

"A PICTURE PAINTS A THOUSAND WORDS"

There are hundreds of wonderful family pictures on the site taken over the past century - take a look and continue to send in more from the attic and recent images!

..........."Our site is like unravelling an old jumper and reknitting it to a better pattern".........